diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruler/patches/fix-invalid-pointer.patch b/srcpkgs/ruler/patches/fix-invalid-pointer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5d10cba9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruler/patches/fix-invalid-pointer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 4ba15fa7a1607ad79b93a43be9a66957988bcec9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Brett Mandler <brettmandler@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 18:55:16 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] Fixed invalid pointer error
+
+---
+ ruler.c | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/ruler.c b/ruler.c
+index aa1eef1..06b3256 100644
+--- ruler.c
++++ ruler.c
+@@ -901,7 +901,6 @@ reload_config(void)
+ 	if (parse_file(xdg_cfg_path) == 1 && no_of_configs == 0)
+ 		errx(1, "couldn't open config file '%s' (%s). No other config files supplied, exiting", xdg_cfg_path, strerror(errno));
+ 	free(xdg_cfg_path);
+-	free(xdg_home);
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; i < no_of_configs; i++) {
+ 		if (parse_file(configs[i]) != 0)
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruler/template b/srcpkgs/ruler/template
index df8d4379fcd..4059e35314a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruler/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ruler'
 pkgname=ruler
 version=0.1.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="flex"
 makedepends="xcb-util-wm-devel libxcb-devel libwm"